All gun control measures fail in Senate

The Constitution of the United States won on Monday. The Senate tried to pass a series of gun control measures but all four amendments were defeated.

The first vote was Sen. Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) amendment proposal to increase funding for current background checks. It needed 60 votes but the tally was 53 to 47. 

Next was Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) proposal to expand gun background checks and close the gun show loophole where gun sales are not tracked. This vote ended 44 to 56. It appears the Senate wasn't ready for the "Big Brother" approach. 

The fact is, many gun shows are not allowing private sales due to the controversy, so in large part, the problem doesn't exist. 

Last week, following the Orlando Islamic terrorist attack, Murphy filibustered for 14 hours and 50 minutes seeking legislative action that had nothing to do with the shooting. 

The filibuster was a perfectly-timed, insensitive political response to the slaughter. The gunman sought a gun-free zone. He had considered Orlando's Disney World but it has security and he decided it wasn't a "soft" enough target. He chose the Pulse nightclub instead and killed 49 people and wounded 53 others.

The third vote was on a measure by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tx.) that would allow the government to delay gun sales to suspected terrorists for 72 hours, but require prosecutors to show probable cause to block the sale permanently. Even the NRA backs this legislation, but the amendment still failed 53 to 47.

The fourth vote was a measure by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to keep people on a government terrorism watch list or other suspected terrorists from buying guns. The Department of Justice endorsed this but the legislation failed 47 to 53. 

If I'm not mistaken, Ms. Feinstein carries.

Never passing up the chance to flare his nostrils and blame the GOP for Islamic terrorism, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D- NY, and uncle to Amy Schumer) said, "It's hard to believe, but still true, that our Republican colleagues voted to allow suspected terrorists to buy guns. We will keep pushing until they see the light." 

This coming from the political party that refuses to open their eyes and define the enemy and their ideology. This coming from the political party that refuses to compromise and blocked two Republican amendments because Democrats want total control over who can buy guns.

Meanwhile, in Democrat-controlled Chicago, there have been about 1800 shooting victims so far this year. Of these, there have been about 300 deaths as a result. The city has very strict gun control laws.

Detroit, another Democrat-led city with strict gun-control laws where more people die of gun-related incidents than traffic accidents.

The best way to stop terrorism in the United States is to defeat the terrorists where they live. To do that, we actually have to know who they are and what makes them do what they do--their ideology--so we can better predict their behavior.

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle." --Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

It's Islamic jihad, people.

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